AVON -- Property owners who are going to have to help pay for the $28 million Interstate 90/Nagel Road interchange told the city what they thought of the future tax assessments. And what property owners said let the city know how unhappy they are.

"It's just unfair," Rose Jenne, of Jenne Distributors, said of the way her business will be assessed. The assessment for her six plus acres could be as much as $201,000 with interest.

Jenne Distributors is on Chester Road where the exit ramp would be built, she said. The interchange would hurt rather than help her business, despite being considered to be in a prime spot based on the appraiser's calculations.

The exit ramp would essentially cause her to close one of her entrances because the trucks would not be able to get into the loading area.

The interchange is believed to impact nearly 105 property owners who will be asked to foot $9 million of the cost. Avon will also need to acquire property from 31 owners to build the interchange. Some property owners will receive assessments in the millions, such as Henkel -- close to $2 million.

Funding for the interchange is being split between the Jacobs Group, which will voluntarily pay a third of the construction cost; the city will pay for another third; and the remaining third will be paid by the property owners through special assessments.

An independent appraiser, Colliers Ostendorf-Morris, compiled a summary of how benefits for property owners from the interchange was calculated in order to come up with the assessments. Factors included proximity to the interchange, visibility from I-90 and existing access and zoning in which commercial land got a higher rating than industrial land. A point system was essentially established that gave the various properties along the proposed interchange numbered ratings.

The city is in need of the interchange because of heavy traffic problems and its something that's been talked about since 1994, organizers said.

The interchange is expected to be complete in late 2012 or early 2013 and property owners wouldn't be expected to pay their assessment until 2014. They will have the option to pay the full amount within 30 days or pay the amount throughout a 20-year period with interest.

"Anytime you talk about money, especially at this magnitude, it's aggravating," Mayor James Smith said, trying to calm the crowd down.

Many were in disagreement with how the assessments were made and how much benefit their business would gain from the interchange.

One concerned property owner called the point system and ratings, "objective opinion," while another property owner said the interchange was being railroaded down everyone's throats.

Smith told meeting attendees that the city had spent much of last year applying for grants to get the interchange funded, but to no avail.

Throughout the meeting, tensions remained high, many upset with the amount of their assessments, when the city really didn't have a set price on the project. A note pad was even passed around for interested meeting attendees to sign up to find out more about bringing a class action lawsuit against the city.

Steve Schaefer said he came to the meeting to get a feel for what's going on and to hear the organizers' plans.

"I understand where they're (organizers) coming from, They're trying to get everything on the table," he said.

Schaefer said while he hasn't calculated the total estimated assessment he'd have to pay for his company, Schaefer Development on Lear Industrial Parkway, the amount is more than likely not affordable for him.

"Tonight's meeting was really just an open discussion," he said. "There were some good things said tonight and some not-so-good things said tonight."